January 30, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
Logie: We're capable of scoring 300 runs
Canada have suffered defeats at the hands of the Netherlands and Scotland while Bermuda have lost out to Kenya and Ireland so far. But with both sides having produced vastly improved performances in their last games on Wednesday, this is likely to be an intriguing contest.
For Bermuda coach, Gus Logie, it's simply a matter of getting back to basics and keeping up the momentum gained from their last match.
Speaking after his side's loss to Ireland, in which the Bermudans set their opponents a victory target of 276 runs, Logie said: "At 275 we felt pretty pleased with the effort.
"It's a great improvement on 133 (the disappointing total the Bermudans managed against Kenya in their opening match). I think we did justice to ourselves and it was a welcome performance. Obviously we were hoping it would be enough but unfortunately that didn't happen. Our two strike bowlers didn't perform to standard and that put too much pressure on the other guys and our fielding was very undisciplined."
Logie said he hoped a more disciplined approach would aid his side's chances against Canada.
"The players' confidence has been boosted by this batting performance and hopefully we can perform even better in the next match and see an improvement in the players going on from here.
"What we need though is for them to get 100s. We had a few 50s but we need them to go right through like Ireland did. If we had managed to do that against Ireland we could have got close to 300-plus.
"What we need is more disciplined bowling. It's basic cricket really."
Canada will also be looking to continue the form they found against one of the tournament favourites, Scotland, on Wednesday.
They were beaten by just seven runs, having been set a target of 277 for victory and it was Ashish Bagai's unbeaten 137 that will certainly give them cause for hope.
"We will just try and keep doing what we have done, putting runs on the board and hopefully bowling and fielding a bit better," said Canada coach Andy Pick.
"There's no real masterplan. I think we gave away 30 or 40 in the field on Wednesday, which at this level you can't really do. So we'll be looking to tighten up on that and concede a few less extras," he added.
"We've been so unpredictable after beating Kenya last week in Mombasa (in a one-day tri-nations tournament). We've proved we can beat the best teams here if we get everything right on the day.
"We've just got to try to do that and there's no reason why we can't be in with a chance of winning all three of our remaining games.
"Whether we do or not depends on whether or not we can get all our skills right on the day.
James Fitzgerald is a press officer for the ICC.[[In-content Ad]]
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